Sunday, October 4, 2009

The Unicorn

So who is Peter Grudzien, a prophet, a tortured genius, a sensitive man with Asperger Syndrome, gay pop mystic? Really, does it matter? What does matter is his 1974 album The Unicorn. It is a deliciously idiosyncratic piece of outsider pop music that will warm your heart as it breaks it, it will comfort as it unnerves you. The Unicorn possesses a placid honesty that is rare in music, it stands without pretensions or posturing of any sort, it just is. When I listen to Peter Grudzien I am reminded of the stark genius of Matty Luv's Yogurt home recordings and the arcane homosensual lyrical entendre of Antony & The Johnsons. This was waaaay ahead of its time on all fronts. So haunting, weird, and occasionally funny, I can't imagine this won't move you in some way.

This is so beautiful! It is what I always expect Jobriath to sound like (I'm disappointed every time). With lyrics like Exuma at the rapture or Benjamin Smoke in his least melancholy, Porter Wagoner in one of his weirdest moods, Jandek at his most haunting, but something totally unique.

Thanks for this. its weirdness is comforting in a way. other times, totally hilarious and makes me want to write strange songs. interesting how the recordings not being 'perfect' add a special something to it all. and its 'perfect' in its own way in its own world!!

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